cbcvebase.
CVE-2008-6998
published 2009-08-19

CVE-2008-6998: Stack-based buffer overflow in chrome/common/gfx/url_elider.cc in Google Chrome 0.2.149.27 and other versions before 0.2.149.29 might allow user-assisted…

PriorityP347critical9.3CVSS 2.0
AVNACMAuNCCICAC
EXPLOIT
EPSS
9.68%
94.9th percentile
Stack-based buffer overflow in chrome/common/gfx/url_elider.cc in Google Chrome 0.2.149.27 and other versions before 0.2.149.29 might allow user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a link target (href attribute) with a large number of path elements, which triggers the overflow when the status bar is updated after the user hovers over the link.

Affected

1 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
googlechrome——
CVEs like this are exactly what “Exploited This Week” covers.

Every Monday: what got weaponized or added to CISA KEV in the last seven days — each CVE cross-linked to its PoC, Nuclei template, and detection rule. Free, one email a week, unsubscribe in one click.